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Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (26 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ..., are essential public infrastructure and should be provided on the same basis. The programme for Government commits to extending free GP care to all in this Government's term. We know that fees stop people attending their GPs so they eventually need more expensive hospital care. Private fees for GPs are just 2% of national health spending but their removal unlocks the potential for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (18 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...for the travel, subsistence expenses and family care costs of Community Sector representatives who attend regional, national and network meetings as part of their Task Force role. In relation to fees payable, the underlying principle governing the membership of the Drugs Task Forces by community representatives is that they do so on a voluntary basis. Therefore, payments by way of salary,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...on a phased basis. Primary legislation is required to give effect to this commitment. Legislation to allow the Minister for Health to make regulations to extend access to GP services without fees to persons with prescribed illnesses is currently being drafted by the Attorney General's office and will be published shortly. Implementation dates and application details will be announced in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: Under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009, an 8% reduction in a range of GP fees and allowances was introduced in 2009, which effected full year savings in the region of €34 million. Further reductions to a range of fees and allowances were introduced in 2010, which effected full year savings in the region of €44 million. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Róisín Shortall: Under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2009, a reduction in a range of GP fees and allowances was introduced in 2009 and 2010. General Practitioner (GP) trainees did not specifically receive a cut in salary, other than the salary reduction applied to all staff in 2010. In addition, new entrant interns are subject to the new entrant salary scale which has...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (19 Jul 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (17 Jul 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (12 Jul 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (11 Jul 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Health Service Budget: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...in this regard. Significant savings on the drugs budget have already been made in recent years. Changes in wholesale mark-up paid on medicines, and the introduction of a common sliding dispensing fee across all schemes, along with the reduction of the retail mark-up paid on a number of schemes, resulted in on-going annual savings of approximately €120 million. The Health Professionals...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (5 Jul 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...public health system by introducing Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. As part of this, the Government is committed to introducing, on a phased basis, GP care without fees within its first term of office. Primary legislation is required to give effect to Government commitment to introduce a universal GP service without fees. Legislation to allow the Minister...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...legislation is required to give effect to this commitment. The Department of Health is currently drafting legislation to provide for the phased introduction of a universal GP service without fees in line with the commitment set out in the Programme for Government. Initially it is intended to extend GP cover without fees to persons with certain long-term illnesses. It is my intention to...